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US-VISIT 10-Print Deployment Nearly Complete, Director Says

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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker The ongoing roll-out of hardware and related software for capturing 10 fingerprints from international visitors entering the United States is nearly complete and upgrades to the database that will store and match those prints will be ready by next summer, Robert Mocny, director of the US-VISIT program, said last week. The upgrade to capturing 10 fingerprints from foreign visitors from the original two-fingerprint capture began a year ago with testing at 10 international airports in the United…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]